ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2021
Race, Body Mass Index, and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- Correlation analysis of cardiac electrophysiological characteristics and cardiovascular disease progression in arrhythmia patients.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Joint and interactive associations of body mass index and genetic factors with cardiovascular disease: a prospective study in UK Biobank.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Assessment of facial video-based detection of atrial fibrillation across human complexion.Cardiovascular digital health journal · 2022Article
- Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Long-Term Risk of Early Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Subsequent Mortality, Heart Failure, and Ischemic Stroke.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Elevated levels of body mass index and waist circumference, but not high variability, are associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Associations between obesity parameters and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke in the different age groups.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Race, Body Mass Index, and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is not known whether this relationship varies by race/ethnicity. Methods and Results Eligible participants (6739) from MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) were surveilled for incident AF using MESA hospital surveillance, scheduled MESA study ECG, and Medicare claims data. After a median 13.8 years of follow-up, 970 participants (14.4%) had incident AF. With BMI modeled categorically in a Cox proportional hazards model, only those with grade II and grade III obesity had increased risks of AF (hazard ratio [HR], 1.50; 95% CI, 1.14-1.98,
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